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USSB3249Enroll
75%
A bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic".
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2024-07-25
Presented to President.
USHB2971Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote assistance from persons recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for individuals who file certain claims under laws administered by the Secretary.
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2024-07-23
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
USHB4136Engross
50%
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Plano, Texas, as the "U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic".
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2024-07-23
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB6362Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign a disability rating of total to a veteran by reason of unemployability, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-23
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
USHB7333Engross
50%
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the "Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center".
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2024-07-23
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB4424Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-22
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
USSB3285Engross
50%
A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".
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2024-07-22
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB6538Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a definition of "establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation" for purposes of the collective bargaining of certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees.
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
USHB5938Intro
25%
To amend the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 and the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 to improve the temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals wh...
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
USHB6452Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
USHB7643Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Department of Veterans Affairs work-study allowance to carry out casework, policy making, and oversight related to the activities of the Department at certain congressional offices.
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.
USHB7777Intro
25%
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.
USHB7729Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for headstones, markers, and burial receptacles under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998.
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2024-07-10
Subcommittee Hearings Held
USHB7816Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of notice letters that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by t...
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2024-07-08
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 477.
USHB8070Engross
50%
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, ...
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2024-07-08
Received in the Senate.
USHB8774Engross
50%
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-08
Received in the Senate.
USSB4638Intro
25%
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal...
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2024-07-08
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 433.
USHB226Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to promote and encourage collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher learning that provide administrative ass...
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2024-06-27
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB7543Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-27
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB7896Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria for approval of certain independent study programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-06-27
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB4205Intro
25%
To revoke the security clearances of certain former members of the intelligence community, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-12
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Biggs asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4205, a bill originally introduced by Representative Santos, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
USHR1287Intro
25%
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8070) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe...
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2024-06-12
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHB8580Engross
50%
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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2024-06-11
Received in the Senate.
USHB1097Engross
50%
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez, Jr., in recognition of his service to the Nation.
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2024-05-23
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USHB1402Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide coverage for boxing-based exercise classes for veterans diagnosed with certain movement disorders, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-23
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. LaHood asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1402, a bill originally introduced by Representative Higgins (NY), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
USHB8498Intro
25%
To authorize funding for necessary expenses for the rehabilitation, modernization, and construction of facilities and infrastructure at the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
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2024-05-22
To House Armed Services Committee
USSB4366Intro
25%
A bill to enhance intelligence community acquisitions, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-16
To Senate Select Intelligence Committee
USHR1225Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of June, 9, 2024 in June as "Veterans Get Outside Day".
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2024-05-14
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB593PassTo rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic".
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2024-05-13
Became Public Law No: 118-61.
USSB2825Engross
50%
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.
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2024-05-10
Held at the desk.
USHB8063Engross
50%
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to William D. Owens for his valorous actions from June 6, 1944, to June 8, 1944, during World War II at La Fiere Bridge in Normandy, France, while serving wi...
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2024-05-09
Received in the Senate.
USSB2181Engross
50%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the sunset on entitlement to memorial headstones and markers for commemoration of veterans and certain individuals and to repeal the sunset on authority to bury remains of certain spouses and ch...
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2024-05-06
Held at the desk.
USSB3126Engross
50%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish or replace a headstone, marker, or medallion for the grave of an eligible Medal of Honor recipient regardless of the recipient's dates of service ...
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2024-05-06
Held at the desk.
USHB7895Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the restoration of entitlement of individuals entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs who use such entitlement to pursue a course or pro...
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHB8048Intro
25%
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary solely based on alternative...
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
USHB8029Intro
25%
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB7975Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB7971Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely equitable relief to an individual who suffers a loss based on an administrative error by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-03
To House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
USHB705Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
USHB1767Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that educational assistance paid under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to an individual who pursued a program or course of education that was suspended or terminated for...
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2024-05-01
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB2499Intro
25%
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB2911Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for o...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB3738Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB4016Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary.
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2024-05-01
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB5870Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the processing of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency of actions of Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB5794Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate conflicts of interest in conduct of quality management and administrative investigations by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB6324Intro
25%
To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB6531Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training program for certain senior executives and supervisors employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
USHB6874Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a system or process to actively monitor the veteran self-service and data transmission functions of the main internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain adverse events, a...
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
USHB7100Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the organization of the Office of Survivors Assistance of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-05-01
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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